News from BarrowJournal - Topics from June, 2013

Local celebrations of America’s independence start this weekend in the city of Auburn and culminate with Braselton's annual 4th of July Festival and Parade. Auburn’s Independence Day Celebration is from 5-11 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Attractions include a salvaged section of I-beam from the 9/11 ruins of New York’s World Trade Center; 6 ...
[Full Story »]

The town of Braselton is hosting this community's only large, public celebration of America's independence on the national holiday. The town's annual 4th of July Festival and Parade event will be from 4-9 p.m. July 4. The festival will be in Braselton Park and feature music, children’s activities, food and craft vendors, and information ...
[Full Story »]

The next 12 months could be make-or-break for the financial future in the City of Statham. From 2009-2012, Statham spent more money each year than it took in from revenues. In 2009, Statham had some $500,000 in reserves; by June 30, 2012, that had dropped to under $100,000 because the town had to use its reserves to make ends meet. We won’t ...
[Full Story »]

Early next week, construction crews will begin work on the $24 million joint campuses of Lanier Technical College and the Barrow County Schools’ college & career academy. But first, some of the leaders who helped bring to life the vision for the first simultaneously built campuses gathered Tuesday morning with more than 100 state and ...
[Full Story »]

Despite the shorter calendar for the school year that just ended, Barrow County’s elementary school students did better on this spring’s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests than their predecessors did a year ago. Middle school students struggled, however, with failure rates rising in three of five subject areas for sixth graders and in ...
[Full Story »]

The Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved new wholesale water contracts with three municipalities. The city of Auburn and the town of Braselton have agreed to pay for a minimum of 300,000 gallons per day at a rate of $2.22 per 1,000 gallons, whether they use that amount of water or not. Both municipalities had been ...
[Full Story »]

The Barrow County Board of Commissioners has scheduled both a work session and a voting session Tuesday night. The work session starts at 6 and includes three issues — to authorize the county manager to extend, as needed, the consulting agreement with retired operations and development manager Bob Hohe; to approve a $118,500 contract with Bob ...
[Full Story »]

The Barrow County Board of Commissioners has scheduled both a work session and a voting session Tuesday night. The work session starts at 6 and includes three issues — to authorize the county manager to extend, as needed, the consulting agreement with retired operations and development manager Bob Hohe; to approve a $118,500 contract with Bob ...
[Full Story »]

The flap over the release of data about NSA spying has divided the nation in ways that defy traditional political lines. There are those on both the left and right who defend the massive amount of data collecting and domestic spying being done by the NSA and other government agencies as being necessary in the “war on terror.” On the other ...
[Full Story »]

In a major erosion of its public role, the Barrow County Water & Sewerage Authority learned Tuesday night that from now on, it would serve only as a financing vehicle for future water and sewer projects. Under the administration of former Barrow County Board of Commissioners chairman Danny Yearwood, the cash-strapped county government ...
[Full Story »]